Cabinet bar



June 14, 1932. M BOOTH 1,862,654

CABINET BAR Filed April 8. 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet l "lllllllll lllllll mmm- June 14, 1932. M BOOTH 1,862,654

CABINET BAR Filed April 8, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 wir# UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE MARGARET BOOTH, F NEW YORK, N. Y.

CABINET BAB.

Application illed .April 8, 1931. Serial No. 528,600.

This invention relates to cabinets of the type appropriate for kitchensor small apartments and has for its object to provide a compact deviceof this type which is convenient and attractive and adapted to save timeand work on the part of the operator. Another object is to provide sucha cabinet in combination with a bar for facility in preparing andserving beverages as well as food.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. l is a perspective of one embodiment of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section through said device.

Fig. 4 is a detail showing the mounting of the foot rail.

As illustrated in the drawings 'the cabinet is provided with a roll-topclosure 11 sliding in guide channels 12 after the manner .of the usualroll-top desk. When the rolltop closure 11 is open the sink 13 and thestove or table portion 14 are exposed for use. The stove may be either agas, electric or other appropriate type and has the cooking plates 15and 16 as illustrated in Fig. 1. To the left of the sink is shown thedrain board 17, while in hack of the drain board, sink and stove is atable or shelf on which materials may be placed where accessible whenneeded. Beneath the table 18 are two extensions or slidable work-tablemembers 19 one of which when slid forward is adapted to cover the sinkwhile the other when slid forward covers the stove and provides anotherdrain board as illustrated in F ig. 2.

Beneath the drain board 17 is located arefrigerator space 2O while therefrigerator apparatus including the motor, pump, etc., is kept withinthe compartment 21. Dishes or other articles may be stored in thecompartments behind the doors 22. Where additional work-table space isdesired extension 23 can slide out from between the drain board 17 andrefrigerator space 20. The drawers 24 and 25 shown in Fig. 1 may beeither extension boards or small drawers such as may be convenient forthe storage of silverware. Compartments are arranged behind the doors 26for the storage of miscellaneous articles and at least one of suchcompartments may be lined to serve as a bread box. Or if desired, thedrawers 28, 29 and 30 may provide the space for silverware, bread, etc.

An electric plug receptacle 3l is provided 1n the event that some typeof motor apparatus is used, for the many uses which such apparatus hastoday in the kitchen.

Above and behind the space covered by the roll-top closure is a bar ormetal surfaced top 32 preferably lined with copper as illustrated inFig. 3 and having a drain 33. A foot rail 34 is supported as shown inFig. 3 from the arm 35 pivoted at 36,.while the bellcrank arm 37 extendsinto the cabinet and has a projection which engages the slotted guide 38to limit pivotal movement of the rail to the full line position shown inF ig. 3 or to the dotted line position shown in the same figure. Thesupporting arms 35 for the foot rail 34 move through openings 39 in thecabinet wall so that when the rail 34 is not in use it may be movedcontiguous the cabinet as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 when theopenings 39 will be substantially closed by the arms 35 and the rail 34appear as a bead or moulding about the lower portion of the cabinet onone side.

A drain pipe 40 from the bar connects with the drain pipe 41 from thesink at the junction 42. Within the refrigerator is provided the usualcontainer 43 for ice cubes.

The hot and cold supply pipes are shown at 44. Carried by the end of theroll-top closure on the inside is an elongated electric lamp 45 which,when the roll top is opened, may engage yieldable contacts not shown toprovide circuit connections for the lamp, or this lamp 145 may beconnected by a iiexible conductor v`cord long enough to move with theroll top and plreferably provided with some spring or Weig t take updevice so that the cord will not be in the way of the one working at thesink or stove.

I claim:

A cabinet simulating a roll-top desk and adapted for location away froma wall to be accessible on opposite longitudinal sides thereof, the topof said cabinet being pro- 100 a oo vided with raised edges, a drain forsaid top, a sink and table portion arranged longitudinally of saidcabinet and both located at about the same level and laterally of andbelow said top, a roll-top closure extensible from adjacent alongitudinal side of said top over said sink and table portions,extensible work-table members se aratel slidable to cover or expose eacho said sink and table portion, and when .exposing said sink and tableportion said work-table members being retained in a position beneathsaid cabinet top, a drain pipe from said sink connected to a drain pipefrom said top, and a supply pipe leading to said sink.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto afixed my hand this 7th day ofApril, 1931.

MARGARET BOOTH.

